You could with a pre-A lens attached (which switches the popup to full-power manual instead of P-TTL) but getting small flash unit with an IR filter is probably a better option.
-Adam Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > You can't use the K100D (or K10D) built in flash as a trigger flash > for slaves, normally, as the P-TTL preflash will fire the slaves > early. Best thing to do is to fit a small flash unit with an IR > filter over the main tube. That will not pre-flash and will fire the > slaves at the right time. Or use an RF wireless flash trigger. > > Godfrey > > > On Oct 18, 2007, at 12:34 AM, Roman Melihhov wrote: > >> I hoped to be able to use built-in flash of my K100D to release BIG >> Electra 80 slave flash units but o my surprise them always lighted >> late, >> from my experience I can say they start with main flash lights goes >> off >> and only reason they late can be that built-in flash releases >> before the >> second curtain, not at 1st curtain as I'd expect. Since there's >> nothing >> I can readjust in the menu perhaps only thing is to buy descent wired >> flash unit for my studio. This would be launched at first curtain >> opening, by the syncro cable. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
